nathan t. baker

Starting tomorrow, Tennesseans will no longer have to pay a three dollar per vehicle access fee to visit state parks. Manger Kim Moore has worked at Cove Lake State Park for 18 years. He says he hopes the fee lift will draw more visitors and he expects a pocket of people will return after being […]

In response to panhandling and loitering complaints from residents and businesses in Madison, Metro Police searched four homeless camps today. Police along with representatives from Metro Social Services combed through specific creek beds and railways known to be popular with the homeless in the area. They only came across four people, including two who agreed […]

A new 14-story mixed use building in Nashville’s Gultch area will join the shortlist of projects seeking certification as a “green” development. Terrazzo, a mix of condominiums, retail shops, and office space on 12th Avenue South and Division Street should be completed in fall of 2007. Developers broke ground on the 65 million dollar project […]

Around 200 Nashvillians received free skin cancer screenings at Centennial Park today. A row of folding chairs served as the waiting room as locals waited to climb the steps of the Skin Cancer Foundation’s mobile diagnosis tour bus. Nashville is the 10th stop on the 21-city tour. Tour Manager Kim DeJong says the most common […]

At least two hundred people gathered in the beating heat today to honor state Supreme Court Justice Adolpho Birch. They tried to get a glimpse of the big shinny scissors in his hands as he bent to cut the ribbon in front of the new Nashville court building bearing his name. [Sound: Justice Birch cuts […]

Nissan and Skanska USA Building Incorporated are taking steps to giving minority, woman-owned, and small businesses equal access to building projects surrounding Nissan’s new Cool Springs headquarters. Two to three hundred businesses from Middle Tennessee are expect to attend Friday’s pre-construction meeting. Skanska Director of Business Development, Mendy Mazzo, says throughout the process, they are […]

A new loan program was announced that could help small Tennessee food packaging and processing plants upgrade equipment. The United States Department of Agriculture hopes to provide economic growth and safer food with the new Guaranteed Business and Industry Program. Rural Development Director of Business Programs Dan Beasley says this program targets smaller rural food […]

Brazil-based jet manufacture Embraer is receiving state money for its new Nashville maintenance facility. At its site at the Nashville Airport, the company repairs aircrafts. It just opened its facility in April. The state department of Economic and Community Development is giving a $750,00 grant to the Metropolitan Airport Authority. It will be used for […]

Governor Phil Bredesen says the biggest asset in attracting a Toyota plant to Tennessee is the quality of the state’s workforce. Bredesen told the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that Tennessee is on a shortlist of sites being considered by Toyota Motor Corporation. Bredesen says he has asked the state Department of Economic and […]

Business growth in Nashville is sparking demand for more direct international flights. Nissan representatives advocated for more flight offerings today in a preliminary meeting with airport officials and Mayor Bill Purcell. Nissan executive Jim Morton says a direct flight to Tokyo, where major operations are based, could save him 2 or 3 hours one way. […]